Of Jamaican ancestry, Asher D had returned from a trip to Jamaica in 1986 when he was spotted rapping on the street in Peckham and put in touch with the record label Music of Life.
[2] "Ragamuffin Hip-Hop" was an instant success and picked up radio airplay in the United Kingdom, but it was the New Music Seminar in New York that broke the sound in the US, when Simon Harris (who attended as a featured panelist at the convention) gave the new record to WBLS DJ Mr. Magic, the hip-hop DJ who featured the record.
The airplay on WBLS gained the attention of Run DMC's label Profile Records who released "Ragamuffin Hip Hop" in the US.
By the time he was released, Daddy Freddy had continued as a solo artist, leaving Asher to do the same - although the pair did team up again for "We Are the Champions" (Mango Records, 1991).
A sample of the Asher D and Daddy Freddy song, "Raggamuffin Duo Take Charge", was used in 187 Lockdown's 1998 hit "Kung-Fu" and the Prodigy's "Take Me to the Hospital", from their 2009 album Invaders Must Die.